README
Replication Materials for:
Dongan Tan & Hoan La. 2025. "The Determinants of Post-Sanctions Economic Recovery." Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Contents
This archive contains all files necessary to reproduce the empirical results reported in the article. It includes:

1. Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Data.GSDB.dta – Main analysis dataset (STATA format) constructed from the Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDB).

2. Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Data.IST.dta – Alternative dataset (STATA format) constructed from the International Sanctions Termination (IST) dataset, used in robustness checks.

3. Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Do-File.do – Stata script producing all results reported in the main text and the online supplemental appendix.

4. readme.txt – This documentation file.

Replication Instructions
1. Open either of the datasets:

Main analysis: Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Data.GSDB.dta
Robustness checks: Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Data.IST.dta

2. Run the Stata do-file:
Tan&La.JCR2025.Replication Do-File.do
This will reproduce all tables and figures from the main article and online supplemental appendix.

Contact
Questions, comments, or error reports should be directed to:
Dongan Tan
Email: dongan.tan@outlook.com